Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09
IN ERAL.

Paper bedclothes are novelty They
consist of doubled sheets of MANILA paper
strengthened with twine
A half-witted boy witnessed a hog butch
eIing at his home near Perida, Ala. the
other day, and then took his brother and
sister, aged 1 and 6 respectively, out into
the woods, and cut their throatS and then
his own.
In the time of King Edward IT, the price
of the Bible in England was e3;. labor
ing man then received u penny and half
day, from which it will he seen that it
would have required the earnings of more
than eighteen years to pay for a Bible.
The enormous amount of six and half
tons of diamonds is said to have been ex-
tracted from four South African mines dur
ing the last few years They were valued
at 5000 900, 600, The other great diamond
field of the world, India, is also a British
possession.
The extent of the manufacture of chew
ing gum is not to he laughed at, however
much the article itself is made the subject
of Jokes in connection with young school
girls. Over a million dollars year is spent
by the American people Tor this commodity,
and in one gum factory in Brooklyn S400, 900
is invested
A Malone (N. " despatch says that 80
claimants TO Vice President Wheelers es-
tate have turned up to contest the will, al
though he was supposed to have hardly any
relatives, The hearing takes place Dec. ,.
The claimants will assert that Mr.. Wheeler
used morphine and was incompetent to
make a will
The worlds supply of red cedar used in
the manufacture of lead pencils is derived
from the swamps of Cedar Key, in Florida.
The product of the mills there is shipped
not only TO Northern but TO European fac
tories, The industry gives employment to
hundreds of operatives. The wood also
yields valuable oil, and the sawdust is dis
titled and the oil extracted, Every ounce
finds a ready sale.
A North Carolinian, recently returned
from Japan, says that in few years the
Japanese will be the greatest railroad build
ers in the world, lie bases his argument
on the fact that the japanese are great
patrons of railroads. Even when they
have no business 10 transact they ride back
and forth on the cars. until their money is
gone, even the beggaI's in the large towns
spending their money in this curious way
Trascuelo, the favorite espado of the
Madrid hull fight patrons, was gored by n
hull in a fight last week and very seriously
wounded. He dispatched the animal while
impaled on its horns. After the perform
ance %, 600 people surrounded the favorite's
house and camored for sight Of him.
Finally they compromised ON committee
IN visit his room and report his condition,
and ON being reas,ured departed, having
previously formed in lines and left cards
for him over 900 cards were thus left,
the names including grandees, deputies and
cabinet ministers
A series of tests were made on the New
York Central railroad recently with train
of 30 freight cars, equipped with an i'm
proved Westinghouse air brake, designed
Tor freight cars. On descending grade of
81 feet % the mile, the train, running at 20
miles am hour, was stopped in llS feet, and
at 40 miles an hour in $50 feet With "A
train of ~ cars train running 10 miles
an hour was stopped la - feet the quick
est stop ON record, and while running at 40
miles an hour the stop was made in 3jS
feet. a great gathering of railroad men
and nearly all the professors and students
Of the Rensselaer, polytechnic institute were
present